Hand-Book of Minnesota

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...24,899 2,666 Whole number in attendance, both sexes, 44,787 50,564 5,777 Total average daily attendance, 26,321 82,259 5,939 Total number of Teachers, 1,888 2,003 115 Total amount paid Teachers, $110,024 97 1124.563 71 (14,588 74 Total number of school houses, 994 1.112 123 Total value of school houses, $234,500 25 $280,829 51 $55,821 - NORMAL SCHOOLS. These schools were established by Act of the Legislature, passed in the year 1858, for the purpose of educating Common School Teachers in the duties of their profession. Of the result so far, of this important undertaking, we are informed in the official report of the Normal Board for 1864, that in regard to the first and only school of the kind, yet established in the State, It had imparted much valuable instruction to a large number of teachers, and that probably no other Normal School has been established which has accomplished so much with less expense to the State. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. By act of Congress, 120,000 acres of land were donated to establish a College for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. This has been accepted by the State, and it is believed the selections have been so judiciously made that an ample fund will soon be subject to the purposes for which the grant was LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA. Name of Paper. St. Paul Press. St. Paul Pioneer. Staats Zeitung. Tolks Blatt. St. Paul Commercial MinneapolisChrouicle State Atlas. St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud Journal. Hastings Conserver. Independent. Hastings Union. Stillwater Messenger. Valley Herald. Manterville Express. Wilton Weekly News. Taylor FallsReporter. Winona Republican. Winona Democrat. Preston Republican. Weekly Argus. Lake City Leader. Rochester Republican! Rochester City Post. ...